Finally, Peter Dinklage Gets His Own (Big) Movie

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Peter Dinklage, 44-year-old veteran actor and fan favorite on Game of Thrones, has signed on to play the lead in an upcoming Paramount R-rated comedy about a man who pretends to be a leprechaun. If this sounds a bit like Bad Santa, well, the studio basically admits that's what they're going for, and the script was written by Andrew Dodge, who wrote Jason Bateman's directorial debut Bad Words, which was popular at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. But this isn't exactly Dinklage's first starring movie role. Those of you who've been following him since pre-GoT days may remember him from his breakout The Station Agent, in which he plays a man who moves to an abandoned train depot to figure out his life. Here's to hoping he's just as funny and ferocious in this.

Below, watch Peter Dinklage in Esquire's Life of Man video on what he's most proud of: